No Explanation Necessary By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Tuesdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “Same Old Story” Written by J.J. Abrams & Jeff Pinkner & Alex Kurtzman & Robert Orci Directed by Paul Edwards “When was it you lost your imagination?” —Dr. Walter Bishop Sometimes it’s better not to explain these things. The more “explanations” of the weird events in tonight’s episode of Fringe I heard, the less sense they made. I’m as willing as the next viewer to suspend my disbelief—I’m so hungry for something resembling The X-Files I’ll give extra effort to it—but more than once during this episode,…
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Fringe: “Pilot”
Fringe Pilot By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Tuesdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “Pilot” Written by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci Directed by Alex Graves Fire can cook a meal—or burn. Knives can slice a tomato—or cut their makers. All of our tools have the potential to turn against us, and from our earliest days we remember this. The modern expression of this love/hate relationship with technology began with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It was not a whim that led her to subtitle her work “Prometheus Unbound”, after the demigod who was punished for stealing fire (technology)…